Brooder.



N. D. FORD.

BROODER.

MPL10-Amon FILED MAY 21, 1909.

973,420. Patented Oct. 18,1910.

the same and is provided with an outwardly and do'\\'nwardly inclined deiiecting I flange Q9.

'llhe tube is inclosed Within the chamber- S by a hover comprising. a canopy or plate 3() and depending side ,and front flaps 3l and 32 secured at their upper edges to the canopy top and extending down to the tloor 1.8. rlhe hover is removably supported by a rear cleat 33 secured to the rear wall of the casing and a front supporting member formed of uprights 34 and a connecting cross piece 35 secured to the floor 18, upon which cleat the rear and front edges of the canopy board respectively rest. If desired, the said supporting member may be to a'ord elfeetive ventilation and light enough to yielo and permit the free passage ot the chicks from the hoverto the passages 536 and 37, and rice versa. The heat generated by the lamp is taken up by the partition 19, .which forms a radiating plate, 1s

transmitted b v radiation to the space 21' and heats the air therein. This heated air passes up into the flue or distributing tube and passes outward through the upper and lower sets of ports therein into the base and upper portion of the hover.v Sufficient heated air passes directly through the lower ports into the hover to keep. the lower portion ot' the hover at a proper tem erature, the floor 18 being kept Warm an 1dry by the air within the space 21. The greater portion of the heated air, however, discharges from the upper sets of ports of the tube and is deliected downward upon thc chicks by the deilee'ting flange 29', thus closely simulating the character of Warmth supplied by the body of alien to a brood.- As a result, the chicks will be keptwarm and dry, a gradual change of air taking place in an obvious manner, whereby proper ventilation is insured. By the constructlon described, all odors troni the lamp are retained within the chamber 2 and prevented from entering the chamber 8 and contaminating the air therein. .,By*the"provision of the passages 86 and 3T, which may be termed safety spaces, crushing of the chicks from crowding ,awided, as, if any excess number pass into the liever, the yielding flaps will allow a certain number to be crowded out into said spaces 36 and 37 so that crushing of the chicks from the stated cause can not occur.

From the foregoing description, the construction, operation and" mode of use of my improved broeder will be readily under` stood, and it will be seen that the invention provides a broeder which -in addition to having the advantages mentioned -is simple of construction and ma;v be manufactured and sold at a low costu Claim.

A broeder haring a heating compartment, chicks chamber above the same, an inter-rolling air passageprovided with an opening therein, a hover within the chicks chamber. a distributing tube longitudinally slitte-d at its lower end to form ports and free portions, said free portions extending' into said opening and bend against the under side of the wall thereof, and longitudinally slitted at its upper end to form ports for the flow of the heatcd'air into the hover, and a cover upon the top of the tube provided with a depending iange surrounding the upper ports.

In testimony whereof l atliX mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

NOBEL/l? DWIGHT FORD. lVitnesses t". ll.

F. S'rrnNiuUni, E. lul.

Gratins 

